2023-24 Women's Tennis Roster
Biography
As a graduate student (2023-24):
- Finished the year 22-10 in doubles playing primarily in the No. 1 doubles pair alongside Minokra Miranda and 16-11 in singles action (5/2/24)
- Won her singles match against 11 seed Nebraska in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament in the No. 4 spot 7-5, 7-5 (4/25/24)
- Named Maryland's 2024 Sportsmanship Award Honoree (4/24/24)
- Won Solomon Eye Physicians & Surgeons Terp of the Week after going 3-1 overall the previous weekend, playing a key role in a pair of wins including Maryland's first win over a Top-30 opponent on Sunday vs. No. 29 Wisconsin. (4/22/24)
- Against #29 Wisconsin on Senior Day, Budin came back to win a three-set battle in the No. 4 singles match after losing the first set. Budin's singles win would play a part in the eventual upset win for the Terps to close out the regular season (4/21/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Minnesota, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-4, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-1, 6-2 (4/19/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against George Mason, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-0, won her singles match in the #3 spot 6-2, 6-2 (4/13/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Rutgers, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-2, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 (4/13/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Indiana, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-2, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-2, 7-5 (4/7/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against Penn State in the #1 spot 7-5 (3/31/24)
- Won her singles match against Michigan State in the #4 spot 6-3, 6-0 (3/24/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against the No. 4 doubles pair in the country K. Miller & J. Brown of Michigan 7-5 (3/23/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against Princeton in the #1 spot 7-5Â (3/20/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against Nebraska in the #1 spot 6-3 (3/8/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Memphis, winning her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-3, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-2, 6-1 (3/3/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against Liberty in the #1 spot 6-4 (3/2/24)
- Had a perfect 4-0 weekend against Marshall and Morgan State (2/24/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Morgan State, winning her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-1, swept her singles match in the #3 spot 6-0, 6-0 (2/24/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against Marshall, winning her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-1, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-3, 6-4 (2/24/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda against VCU in the #1 spot 6-2 (2/11/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against William & Mary, won her doubles match alongside Minroka Miranda in the # 1 spot 6-2, clinched the 4-3 comeback victory for Maryland winning her singles match 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (2/10/24)
- Won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-3, 6-4 against Arizona (2/4/24)
- Won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-3 against SDSU (2/3/24)
- Finished 2-0 overall against George Washington, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-3, won her singles match in the #3 spot 6-1, 6-0 (1/20/24)
- Went 2-0 overall against Georgetown, won her doubles match alongside Minorka Miranda in the #1 spot 6-2, won her singles match in the #4 spot 6-4, 6-0 (1/20/24)
- Finished 6-3 overall with Minorka Miranda in doubles competition for the fall seasonÂ
- Went undefeated alongside Minorka Miranda in doubles winning three matches at the 2023 ITA Division I Women's Doubles Atlantic Regional Championship (10/23)
- Competed in three tournaments for the fall season
Before Maryland
As a Senior at Rice (2022-23):
- Tied for the team lead with 11 wins in singles (11-7), including a 4-1 mark at the fourth line
- 2-2 in conference matches
- Delivered the clinching point vs. #36 FIU with a tiebreak win (3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3)
- Provided the key early response in the Owls’ 4-2 comeback over #41 Charlotte at the C-USA championship with a straight-set win after the 49ers took the doubles point.
- Opened the fall tournament season ranked 16th in doubles with Diae El Jardi and the duo was 5-3
- They advanced to the round of 16 at the  ITA Women's All-American Championship in Cary, North Carolina
- Finished the fall with a 4-2 record in singles, including a sweep of three matches at the Rice Invitational. Â
As a Junior at Rice (2021-22):
- Second on the team with a career-best 14 wins in singles (14-4) including a 9-4 mark at the fifth line. Â and in doubles (14-5) where she joined Diae El Jardi in qualifying for the NCAA Doubles Championship
- First doubles qualifiers for Rice since 2016
- Final ranking was the highest finish since Natalie Beazant and Dominique Harmath were ranked 27th in 2013
- Led the team with five clinch points, the last completing a 4-0 sweep of #69 FAU in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championship
- 7-1 at home in singles
- Earned All-C-USA first-team honors in doubles with El Jardi and the duo were named the C-USA Women’s Tennis Athletes of the Week after downing Texas A&M’s fifth-ranked team of  Jayci Goldsmith and Tatiana Markarova
- The win was the first of three vs. teams ranked in the top 35
- Also downed Charlotte’s Margaux Maquet and Lucia Quiterio (#31) and SMU’s Jackie Nylander and Hadley Doyle (#33)Â
- Made their NCAA debut against North Carolina’s Cameron Morra and Carson Tanguilig and bounced back from a slow start to force a tiebreaker before falling 1-6, 7-5, 6-10
- Limited to four matches in the fall, posting a 2-0 record in both singles and doubles.
As a Sophomore at Rice (2020-21):
- Won the Kay Person Keating Award as the team MVP after posting a 11-6 mark in singles, primarily at the fifth (6-3) and sixth lines (5-2) and combining with Diae El Jardi to post a 13-5Â doubles mark at the first line
- Second team All-Conference USA selection with El Jardi
- Won her last four singles matches including both at the C-USA Championship
- 13 wins at the first doubles line are the most for the Owls since Natalie Beazat and Dominique Harmath were 20-6 in 2013Â
- Duo were 4-2 vs. ranked opponents (all in the top 55), the most since Beazant and Harmath were 6-6 vs. ranked opponents in 2013
- Highest ranked win came vs. Texas Tech’s Lisa Mays and Kaitlin Staines
- Also picked up a singles win vs. Tech that day and was named Conference USA Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week for her efforts as Rice defeated Texas Tech for the first time in eight years.Â
- Posted a 2-3 mark in singles and 3-3 record in doubles during the abbreviated fall season.
As a Freshman at Rice (2019-20):
- Posted a 5-3 mark in singles and 5-5 in doubles during the dual season
- Posted the first singles point of the match twice (UTA and Sam Houston) and provided the clinch point vs. Texas StateÂ
- Combined with Diae El Jardi for a 5-4 dual doubles record with three of their wins clinching the doubles point (Lamar, UTA and TCU)
- Posted a 4-4 record in singles and a 5-3 mark in doubles in her collegiate debut
- Picked up her first collegiate singles win with a 5-7, 6-1, 10-5 win over UTA’s Polina Akimova at the Rice Invitational
- Ended the fall by winning two of three singles matches at the Longhorn Invitational
- Teamed with Diae El Jardi to advance to the third round of the ITA Texas Regionals in double
Juniors:
- Joined the Owls with a career-best ITF Junior ranking of 311 and has one ITF Junior singles and five doubles titles to her credit.
- She was ranked in the top 15 in the British U18 rankings.
- She was also ranked as high as sixth in the Lawn Tennis Association British Women's Tour final year-end rankings. Â
- She was a winner on the Women's Bolton British Tour in 2018
Personal:
Parents: Darko and Olga Budin... One brother... A graduate of Collegiate School in Bristol
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